17 Facts About Nigel Mills

Nigel John Mills was born on 1974 and is a British politician and former chartered accountant who was the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley in Derbyshire from the 2010 general election until he lost his seat in the 2024 general election.

Nigel Mills went on to study Classics at Newcastle University.

Nigel Mills was first elected as a Conservative Councillor for Amber Valley Borough Council in 2004 when he won in Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse ward.

Nigel Mills was re-elected in 2008, but resigned the role after he became an MP.

Nigel Mills was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley in Derbyshire at the 2010 general election, when he won the seat with a majority of 536.

In 2012 Nigel Mills volunteered again in Tajikistan with VSO, advising the government on how to improve the business environment to attract investment and create jobs.

In October 2011, Nigel Mills voted for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

Nigel Mills attracted media attention in December 2014 after being caught playing Candy Crush on his iPad during a Work and Pensions Committee meeting, reportedly over a two and a half hour period.

Nigel Mills initially said to The Sun that he had been playing the game and told the newspaper that he would "try not do it again".

Nigel Mills retained his seat at the 2015 general election and 2017 general election.

In May 2016, it was reported that Nigel Mills was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the 2015 party spending investigation, for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.

Nigel Mills stated that his claims were permissible within the expenses rules and that the first class tickets were cheaper than some standard class tickets available.

Nigel Mills was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, and the Immigration Bill Committee, having previously sat on the Administration Committee.

Nigel Mills was the partner of Gillian Shaw, the Conservative candidate for Amber Valley in the general elections of 2001 and 2005; she died of cancer in 2006.

Nigel Mills became engaged to Alice Elizabeth Ward in January 2013; they married in September 2013.

Nigel Mills is a season ticket holder at Notts County FC and is a member of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.

In November 2013, Nigel Mills shared The Spectator's Parliamentarian of the Year Award along with 14 other MPs for voting against tighter regulation of the press, which had been proposed following developments such as the News International phone hacking scandal.